Quarterly Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

(10)

Quarterly Information (unaudited)

Following is a summary of the quarterly results of operations for 2011 and 2010. All quarters have 13 weeks, except the fourth quarter of 2011 which has 14 weeks.


	Quarter
	First		Second		Third		Fourth

	(Amounts are in thousands, except per share amounts)

2011
Revenues		$6,836,402		6,621,633		6,425,379		7,295,350
Costs and expenses		6,264,682		6,079,262		5,978,544		6,721,351
Net earnings		398,167		382,369		311,902		399,528
Basic and diluted earnings per share		0.51		0.48		0.40		0.51

2010
Revenues		$6,548,665		6,261,831		6,086,076		6,431,482
Costs and expenses		6,024,959		5,762,828		5,676,395		5,942,548
Net earnings		364,399		348,424		283,222		342,102
Basic and diluted earnings per share		0.47		0.44		0.36		0.44

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished.

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